PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- When Susan Kuhnhausen returned home from work one day earlier this month, she encountered an intruder wielding a claw hammer. After a struggle, the 51-year-old nurse fended off her attacker by strangling him with her bare hands.
Neighbors praised the woman for her bravery, and investigators said they believed the dead man -- Edward Dalton Haffey -- was burglarizing Kuhnhausen's home.
But after an investigation, police now say the intruder Kuhnhausen strangled was apparently a hit man hired by her estranged husband -- Michael James Kuhnhausen Sr. -- to kill her.
The 58-year-old husband was taken into custody Thursday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. He was ordered held on $500,000 bail.
Haffey had worked as a custodian under Kuhnhausen at an adult video store, according an affidavit filed by the Multnomah County District Attorney's office.
Kuhnhausen and his wife were in the process of getting a divorce, and she told officers "her husband was distraught about the divorce and wanting to reconcile but that she was insisting on the divorce," the affidavit states.
A background check showed Haffey had served lengthy prison terms for conspiracy to commit aggravated murder and convictions for robbery and burglary.
Inside a backpack Haffey left at the scene was a day planner with "Call Mike, Get letter," scribbled on the week of September 4, the affidavit said. Michael Kuhnhausen's cell phone number was jotted on the inside of a folder, it said.
There was no sign of forced entry into the home, but according to the affidavit, Susan Kuhnhausen offered an explanation for the lack of evidence of a break-in: Her estranged husband had the security codes for the home's alarm system, and would have been able to disarm it.
Michael Kuhnhausen denies any involvement, the affidavit states.
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Saturday, September 16, 2006
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This story just keeps getting better. The asshole soon to be ex-husband hires the janitor at the porn shop to kill his wife. And the janitor writes it down in his day planner.
I say they let the nurse strangle the husband to death on pay per view.
Man, is I was the ex, I would look to get a refund.
I love reruns! This was a great post last week! Now everone gets to see it again!
Like a fine wine, my posts only get better with time.
Care to sniff the cork, sir?
I like how she see went to the Nursing conference even though she just KILLED SOMEONE.
Yes, that is especially awesome. She is a stone cold killer.
And, hey, they don't give refunds for those damn conferences or for her super special saver fare on Southwest. So deal with it, you dig.
MAAM, YES, MAAM!
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